Fog on the Tyne

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Fog on the Tyne
Lindisfarne-FogOnTheTyne.jpg
Studio album by
Lindisfarne
ReleasedOctober 1971[1]
RecordedSummer 1971
StudioTrident Studios, London
GenreFolk rock[2]
Length35:06
LabelCharisma Records
Elektra Records
ProducerBob Johnston
Lindisfarne chronology
Nicely Out of Tune
(1970) 		Fog on the Tyne
(1971) 		Dingly Dell
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[4]

Fog on the Tyne is a 1971 album by English rock band Lindisfarne. Bob Johnston produced the album, which was recorded at Trident Studios in the mid-1971 and released in October that year on Charisma Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the U.S..

It gave the group their breakthrough in the UK, topping the album charts early in 1972 for four weeks and remaining on the chart for 56 weeks in total. "Meet Me on the Corner", one of two songs written by bassist Rod Clements, reached No. 5 as a single. The title track became the band's signature tune. Simon Cowe made his debut as a writer, contributing the song "Uncle Sam".

Both tracks on the B-side of "Meet Me on the Corner", "Scotch Mist" (an instrumental), and "No Time To Lose", appeared as bonus tracks when the album was reissued on CD.

A heavily reworked version of the title track with vocals by footballer Paul Gascoigne was released in October 1990 under the title "Fog on the Tyne (Revisited)", credited to Gazza and Lindisfarne. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Reggae group The Pioneers recorded a version of "Alright on the Night" on their 1972 album I Believe in Love.

'Fog on the tyne' More recent adaptations refer to a West Sussex man nicknamed Phileas fogg. Some say the song derived solely from his visit once to Newcastle-upon-Tyne on his friends stag do.

Track listing[]

  1. "Meet Me on the Corner" (Rod Clements) – 2:38
  2. "Alright on the Night" (Alan Hull) – 3:32
  3. "Uncle Sam" (Simon Cowe) – 2:55
  4. "Together Forever" (Rab Noakes) – 2:34
  5. "January Song" (Hull) – 4:13
  6. "Peter Brophy Don't Care" (Hull, Terry Morgan) – 2:47
  7. "City Song" (Hull) – 3:06
  8. "Passing Ghosts" (Hull) – 2:28
  9. "Train in G Major" (Clements) – 3:08
  10. "Fog on the Tyne" (Hull) – 3:23

Bonus Tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Scotch Mist" (Clements, Cowe, Hull, Ray Jackson, Ray Laidlaw) – 2:06
  2. "No Time to Lose" (Hull) – 3:16

Charts[]

Chart (1972) Peak
position
UK (Official Charts Company)[6] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 45

The album was the eighth bestselling album of 1972. In 1990 Gazza reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the song "Fog on the Tyne", a collaborative cover with Lindisfarne that earned him a gold disc.[5]

Personnel[]

  • Alan Hull - vocals, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, keyboards
  • Ray Jackson - vocals, mandolin, harmonica
  • Rod Clements - electric bass, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars, violin
  • Simon Cowe - lead, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, vocals
  • Ray Laidlaw - drums
Technical
  • Ken Scott - engineer
  • Trevor Wiles and Franco Polsinelli - sleeve

References[]

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography. New York: Canongate, 889.
  2. ^ Fielder, Hugh (19 September 2016). "The 10 Essential Folk Rock Albums". Classic Rock. TeamRock. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 1 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Gascoigne, Paul; Davies, Hunter (2004). Gazza: My Story. London: Headline Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7118-6.
  6. ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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